April 15, 2013 | Volume XIX, Issue 28
Published: Apr 15th, 2013
After being introduced through a mutual friend on the moot court team in the fall of 1988 at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Marc Chapman (JD 89) and Tracy Duda Chapman (JD 90), became friends right away. But it wasn’t until they worked at the same law firm in [...]
Published: Apr 8th, 2013
Published: Apr 1st, 2013
“Electronic Discovery for the Small and Medium Case” kicks off Thursday, but registration is still open. The conference, co-sponsored by UF Law and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model, will be held Thursday and Friday at UF Law and will also be available as a live, online stream. [...]
Published: Mar 25th, 2013
A man with a gun. A dead teen. A hoodie. These images have been burned into the minds of Americans as symbols interracial crime, the use of deadly force and diversity in media coverage and crime reporting. A little more than a year ago, the tragic shooting of a 17-year-old black teen walking [...]
Published: Mar 25th, 2013
The sixth annual Wolf Family lecture drew a capacity crowd in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center courtroom at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. This year’s guest speaker, Professor Carol M. Rose, presented her lecture on “Property Law and the Rise, Life and Demise [...]
Published: Mar 25th, 2013
“Electronic Discovery for the Small and Medium Case” is just around the corner, so don’t forget to register today. The conference, co-sponsored by UF Law and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model, will be held April 4-5 at UF Law and will also be available as a live, online stream. [...]
Published: Mar 25th, 2013
He attended UF Law on a whim and ditched his job as a commercial litigator for seminary. The Rev. Kurt Dunkle (JD 87), a lawyer-turned-priest, described his career path as nothing short of “unexpected.” Dunkle takes over July 1 as dean and president of The General [...]
Published: Mar 18th, 2013
The University of Florida Levin College of Law is up in U.S. News & World Report rankings released March 12. Among the nation’s 201 public and private ABA-accredited JD-awarding law schools, UF’s law school is 23rd among public schools and 46th overall. The publication places the school in two top specialty program rankings: first among public law schools and third overall in tax, and fifth among publics and 12th overall in environmental law. [...]
Published: Mar 11th, 2013
Last week, I participated in one of the most enjoyable and illuminating environmental conferences that I have attended in the last 20 or 30 years. The students at the University of Florida law school organized and hosted a riveting two-day conference on the [...]
Published: Feb 25th, 2013
At the behest of a who’s who of Florida politicians, the foyer of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell in downtown Orlando was packed with 70 people for an evening fundraiser. The crowd gathered on behalf of UF Law students and in honor of the “defender of the Everglades.” Friends and colleagues said Thom Rumberger [...]
